Fingers are tired...

[Sock]

I just got done playing guitar for about three hours straight, and my fingers are well tired!  But in that time I managed to teach myself The Beatles' "Yesterday" and most of Iron Maiden's "Childern of the Damned."  ;D  So I'm pretty proud of myself, and just thought I let someone know.  ;D

Now I need new strings though...  ::)  Off to the local music shop in the morning!

[Fozzer]

Congratulations, Sock... ...!
Well done.
Practice makes perfect.

It's a shame we don't have many actual musicians in the Forum who play regularly... ...!

Cheers...!

Paul....tinkling on the ivories...Hammond B3... ...!

P.S. Do you play acoustic or electric guitar, or both...?

[elwellnick24]

i play geeeetar! i was in a band but i quit cos the other guitarist was a druggie and kept not showing up.....so the hunt is on for another band, and then....WORLD DOMINATION!!!!!  HA HA HA HA.   the last thing i learned to play was 'no more tears' (ozzy, zakk wylde) the solos a killer but i got there in the end.  :)

[Hagar]

I managed to teach myself The Beatles' "Yesterday"

Would this be the chords, the melody or both? Yesterday would sound very nice played fingerstyle with a bass line accompaniment. Wouldn't wear out the strings either.

Might make your fingers ache a little though.

[Jared]

lol, yep it can definately be a tiring job of learning a new song, but definately worth it in the long run huh? :-)

Now add six more strings to that guitar and it will sound much better! :-)

Course I'm in now way biased, with 6 different kinds of guitars..:-)

[Ben_M_K]

I did'nt know you played guitar Jared! S-a-weet!

I really want to play guitar someday...I've been taking piano lessons for 3 years now and I love it. I think it would be awsome to be really good at multiple instrements. Piano is my favorite but I'd love to add guitar!

Way to go Sock!!

[Sock]

Oh I play 'em all Paul!

[Jared]

hehe, depends on what you call "play" I can play decent enough that I played with some friends for a few years, but never any real talent, which is ok, I play for the fun of it, pure enjoyment on my part... :-)

I had just been laid off when I bought my 12 string, since I was living with my parents, had more than enough for tuition, so I bought it, not a day goes by that I regret spending the $400 that I spent for it.. :-)

I got my 1969 Ariana (classical) from my aunt a few years ago, and the rest of em have accumulated over the years...;-) Accoustic/electrics it don't matter, I've got it! :-)

[Hagar]

[quote]It'd be both Doug.

[Sock]

Well, I must admit, I do like the metal music with the distorted guitars.  But since I have been playing, my tastes in music have broadened so much I can barely believe it myself.  I find I'm listening to almost anything these days.  As long the music wasn't completely written and played by a machine or computer.  :P  I don't enjoy that much...  

I happen to enjoy fingerpicking as well.  I just like to think that after I have thought myself a song with fingerpicking and beaten it into my mind that the fingers on both my hands will just play the song and I don't even have to think about it.  I can do that with Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" and a fingerpicking version of "Wonderful Tonight."  

And I've recently heard an acoustic version of Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast."  The original is a real heavy 80's metal tune and I really like this acoustic one.  But its by a band called Zwan.  I can send it to you in MP3 format if you like Doug.  Even if you wouldn't like the original, I think you'd enjoy this Zwan cover of it.

I'll have to check out this Dick Hyman fellow.

I'm a little flustered at the moment.  Yesterday I went to the music store for some strings.  (It seems all the strings on my guitars need changing at once.)  They're out of Boomer strings in 10 for electric and I won't settle for anything else.  And they didn't have my brand of Nylons either so I settle for some Martin strings because I was desprite to play my Classical.  I got them all on okay, and start tuning.  First of all, none of them will stay in tune for more than 20 seconds, and I've never had that problem before.  When I get to the high E string, it snaps before I have it in tune!  Never buying Martins again...  :-/  I want to play "Yesterday" and its easiest on my Classical because it was such a wide neck.  Now I got to go back and buy more strings!

[elwellnick24]

sock, if you dont mind i wouldnt mind hearing that maiden tune...

[Hagar]

Thanks Sock. Songs can sound quite different depending on how they're played. "Unplugged" music was very popular a few years ago. If you like it I'm sure I will too.  If it's not a huge file please send it.

A lot of the real pros like Clapton prefer to practice on acoustic guitar. That's how Blues music originated.

[Meyekul]

Yeah acoustics are really nice for practicing, especially because you can take it anywhere with you and not worry about amplification (bathroom jam, anyone?).

[Sock]

Doug, elwellnick24; the file is about 5 MB.

[Hagar]

Sock. My e-mail address is in my profile. I used to play my old acoustic guitar all the time & I very rarely broke a string. I would be far more likely to change the complete set due to old age & lack of tone than breaking one. Your problem might be in the way you have it set up. Perhaps the bridge or nut could do with checking out. It depends where the strings usually break. One of the guitarists I used to play with broke at least one string every night. This was the fault of the guitar & not the strings. Of course, it also depends on how heavy handed you are.